A recent study at Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University, Japan, aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of two different types of medical mushrooms in patients with prostate cancer in Japan.
The research team. has reported that the “medical mushroom” supplements Senseiro (containing extracts from Agaricus blazei Murill) and Rokkaku Reishi (containing Ganoderma lucidum), when […]

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UC Davis Research have found walnut consumption slows the growth of prostate cancer in mice and has beneficial effects on multiple genes related to the control of tumor growth and metabolism.
The study, announced the findings recently at the annual national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco.

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A cookbook of recipes designed to keep prostate cancer at bay has been compiled by experts.
The Prostate Care Cookbook is the first to show how to put into practice the many scientific studies into the effects of diet on the disease.
Written by dieticians and nutritionists from Surrey University, it contains 50 pages of advice on […]

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Does drinking green tea really help prevent cancer? The answer is still unclear, according to a review of 51 previous studies done over two decades.
The review, published online in The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, found that green tea may offer some help against liver cancer, breast cancer and, in men, prostate cancer, but consumption […]

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The results of a small study suggest that the active compounds in green tea might slow the progression of prostate cancer.
There were few reported side effects, and the men’s liver function remained normal, according to James A. Cardelli, a professor and director of basic and translational research at the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center at Louisiana State […]

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Experts at the University of Goettingen said that a substance from the root of a flower may help treat prostate cancer,
According to Germany’s cancer-science council, laboratory tests, tectorigenin, obtained from roots of Belamcanda chinensis, stopped cancer cells growing and in animal tests it had slowed the spread of the cancer. Experts say it might also […]

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Possible anti-obesity effects of white tea have been demonstrated in a series of experiments on human fat cells (adipocytes). Researchers have now shown that an extract of the herbal brew effectively inhibits the generation of new adipocytes and stimulates fat mobilization from mature fat cells.
White tea is made from the buds and first leaves of […]

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Researchers found that men who have undergone treatment for localized prostate cancer could benefit from drinking pomegranate juice.
Study results will be presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA

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In the online edition of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, Ruth Chan and collaborators suggested that the primary mechanism of the protective vegetable effect is antioxidant protection against DNA and cell damage.
Tomatoes and their byproducts contain the carotenoid antioxidant lycopene. Two cohort studies reported tomatoes decreased CaP risk and 3 cohort studies reported a non-significant […]

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In a recent report in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, researchers suggest that increased consumption of dietary isoflavones is associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer. Red clover (Trifolium pretense) is one source of isoflavones.
Acccording to researchers at National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at […]

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